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  1. “Partial solutions will not lead to a genuine reform of the Security Council. Only a comprehensive solution - including working methods - can lead to a reform, shared by the whole membership, that will yield a Security Council better able to cope with the growing challenges of today.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source

  2. “We therefore welcome the commitments undertaken in the note by the President of the Security Council issued yesterday (S/2013/630) and we thank the Permanent Representative of Argentina, Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval, for her efforts as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. Improving working methods is part of the Security Council reform process. It is one of the five pillars of the intergovernmental negotiations on reform. As the General Assembly agreed by consensus in its decision 62/557, we have pledged to deal with the five pillars at the same time to achieve comprehensive reform. We remain convinced that hurried and divisive piecemeal approaches must be avoided. There is no alternative to a comprehensive agreement.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source

  3. “The PBC has the potential to play an increasingly supportive role in the post-conflict processes of stabilization and has a capacity for analysis of peacebuilding dynamics that is useful to the Security Council. It is equally important to strengthen the Council's consultations with TCCs and PCCs, especially when mission mandates are being defined or renewed. A perspective from the field is fundamental, especially from those who are being called on to carry out the mandate. Italy, a major contributor of troops to United Nations peacekeeping, will lend its efforts, as always, to giving TCCs a greater role.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source

  4. “Some ideas for further improvements have already been mentioned in the concept paper (S/2013/613, annex) circulated before the meeting - for which I thank you, Mr. President - and others have been brought up today by colleagues. I wish to draw the Council's attention to two commitments taken by the President of the Security Council, namely, first, maintaining regular communication with the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Chairs of its country-specific configurations, and secondly, improving consultations with troop- and police-contributing countries (TCCs and PCCs). We support the involvement of the PBC and the Chairs of the country-specific configurations in the formal meetings of the Council.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source

  5. “Transparency, openness, efficiency and interaction with the rest of the Member States are needed to foster a sense of ownership of the Council by the international community and to avoid the misperception that the Council is an autonomous body. We appreciate the improvements that have already been made to adapt the Council's working methods to changing realities. I am referring, for instance, to the increasing number of open debates, the organization of informal briefing sessions by Security Council Presidents on their monthly work, and the strengthened cooperation with regional organizations. As a member State of the European Union (EU), Italy commends the attention dedicated to cooperation between the EU and the United Nations. But more needs to be done to enhance transparency on, access to and participation in, the Council.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source

  6. “I wish to join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening today's open debate on the working methods of the Security Council. Today, more than ever, the international community needs and expects an efficient and effective Security Council that is able to take prompt action, in accordance with its mandate, for the maintenance of international peace and security. At a time of growing frustration and concern within the international community over the persistence of violent crises, improved working methods are crucial to enhancing the Security Council's ability to carry out its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security.”

    2013-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7052Resumption1 (2013) · source